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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Nov 13, 2023, 07:26 AM Nov 2023

On November 13, 2019, Lindsey Graham blocked a resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdogan met with Trump.

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Graham blocks resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdoğan meeting



Graham blocks resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdoğan meeting
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 11/13/19 7:10 PM ET

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) blocked a resolution on Wednesday that would have formally recognized the Ottoman Empire’s genocide against the Armenian people.

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) asked for consent to pass the resolution that would have provided “official recognition and remembrance” of the Armenian genocide.

“The United States foreign policy must reflect an honest accounting of human rights abuses, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide. We cannot turn our backs on the Armenian victims of genocide,” he said.

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Graham objected to passing the resolution in the Senate, saying senators shouldn’t “sugarcoat history or try to rewrite it.”

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Thu Nov 14, 2019: Trump and President Erdogan's Remarks in Joint Press Conference; November 13, 2019
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On November 13, 2019, Lindsey Graham blocked a resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdogan met with Trump. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP
He should have... 2naSalit Nov 2023 #1
His Alpha guy McCain was no longer around to rein him in on these matters Zambero Nov 2023 #2

Zambero

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2. His Alpha guy McCain was no longer around to rein him in on these matters
Mon Nov 13, 2023, 07:59 AM
Nov 2023

And Lindsey got a bit of gaslighting in as well, equating the recognition of genocide to "sugarcoating of history".

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